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Am Oved turmoil

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       Am Oved is a leading Israeli publisher, but they currently seem to be having some management issues.
       As Maya Sela explained a few weeks ago in Haaretz, Am Oved chairman quits after Eini crony gets top slot, as chairman Ron Feinstein was the first to leave in a huff when Jackie Brei was appointed managing director -- as:
The chairman of the Am Oved publishing house has announced his resignation after the head of the Histadrut labor federation, Ofer Eini, helped get his candidate selected to head the company in an alleged undemocratic process.

Retired police officer Jackie Brei has been appointed managing director of Am Oved, owned by Hevrat HaOvdim, the Histadrut's holding company.
       I can see why there might be some questions about whether this really is the man for the job -- after all:
Brei's last position was deputy head of the police's investigations and intelligence division. Before that he served as head of the police's national economic crime unit.
       Now, mind you, I think many publishers are managed criminally (well, criminally stupidly ...), but this still isn't the solution I would have proposed.
       In any case, the fallout continues -- and not in a good way: Maya Sela now reports that Am Oved senior editor, writer and translator Ilana Hammerman, has now also resigned in protest.

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